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Sony's smartphones haven't generated much hype for a few years now, hinting at the brand's declining popularity. Once notorious for having the worst leakage problem among OEMs, it almost seemed that tipsters and leaksters have lost interest in Sony's upcoming phones. This year could be different, though, mostly thanks to Sony weird design choice. And thanks to its own official teaser for MWC 2019, we can now indeed expect its next smartphones to have ultra-wide, or ultra-tall, screens.

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Just when you thought Sony was done with the letters, along comes a new leak that says otherwise. Of course, the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus might just be its new mid-range line and that doesn't mean the company has abandoned those who can't afford even that. It is still keeping its Xperia L series alive and it will be revealing a certain Xperia L3 at MWC later this month for those who need or have less. Or for those who don't want their phones to be insanely long.

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Ever since the iPhone X, everyone seems to have gone crazy over the number 10 and the letter X. Granted, Samsung's Galaxy S is really reaching its tenth iteration (the Galaxy Note skipped a number), but others seem to be making random changes to reach it, sometimes for no evident reason whatsoever. The latest to join that trend is Sony, who is now believed to announce the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus later this month. Call them by any other name, however, and they're still the Xperia XA3 and Xperia XA3 Plus, respectively.

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Sony's Wena Wrist smart watch strap is finally spreading outside of Japan, though the unusual upgrade to make traditional watches connected is still a tough sell. Sony revealed the Wena back in 2015, part of its First Flight crowdfunding platform. Unlike most smartwatches, the tech isn't in the face.

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It seems that Sony will be using every trick it knows on its smartphones this year, from multiple cameras to large image sensors to ultra-wide displays. That is if the leaks and rumors are on the mark. One of the biggest recipient of those leaks is the Xperia XA3 because of its expected insanely long screen. But if a 21:9 aspect ratio display isn't enough for you, Sony apparently has a larger Xperia XA3 Plus to fill that need.

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Though Sony has had an outstanding console generation in pretty much every sense, there was at least one stumble in the PlayStation Classic. Created to take advantage of the nostalgia that turned the NES Classic and the SNES Classic into such successes, the PlayStation Classic ended up disappointing on release for a number of reasons. As it turns out, you can't simply count on nostalgia to move product.

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Sony has once again expanded its PlayStation Vue channel offerings, this time around adding more than three dozen local stations for many markets across the US. The new local stations span the big four networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox. Among the rollout, though, Fox accounts for nearly all of the new channel offerings across more than two dozen cities and market regions in the United States.

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Sony has taken the wraps off a pair of limited edition products featuring Kingdom Heart III imagery: a special Series A Walkman and the WH-H800 h.ear on 2 Mini wireless headphones. The Walkman model NW-A55 isn't new, but its stylish design is; the limited edition model features game protagonist Sora sitting on a throne on the back of the device.

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The display on the Sony Xperia is very tall, lean, or long - however you want to look at it. It has a 21:9 aspect ratio, which means its amongst the strangest looking smartphones revealed this year thus far. This phone will likely appear in full (officially) at Mobile World Congress at the end of February - but until then, we've got a few more leaked details.

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Sony's mobile business is in deep trouble. Despite its attempt to reinvent its Xperia line, its previous earnings are leaving analysts wondering if this year will be Sony Mobile's last hurrah. The company, however, has always been stubborn about its smartphones, despite and in spite of all the odds. Expected to headline this coming MWC 2019, the Xperia XZ4 could also give smartphone users something to talk about. Provided it's not yet too late for the Xperia brand, that is.

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It would seem that Sony just patented a game emulator for their next major console, tentatively named PS5. The patent actually suggests that a new gaming console would be able to "interpret" the inner workings of previously-released consoles. The patent goes by the name "Impersonating CPUID for backward compatibility" and was registered first in the official Japan Patent Office as of January 31st, 2019.

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Sony Mobile might be in trouble. The Japanese electronics giant’s smartphone business is hanging by a thread and it might have MWC 2019 as its last chance to turn things around. It’s not surprising, then, that some leaks seem to suggest that its next premium smartphone would be Sony’s best yet. In fact, this latest dump of specs suggests that the Xperia XZ4 will have at least one interesting feature no other phone has.

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